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can you elaborate on why inequality is bad for america? it exacerbated and equality. >> it is part of the american ideal that everyone has opportunities to advance themselves economically. i take it as self evident that it will be one that it is not as broadly spread as it should be. from people will suffer deprivation. i hope we could move toward a more equal society. my own view is that education has a lot to do with it. public and private schools has a great deal of variation and equality. there is the amount of time the students spend in school. given the globalize society, it will lead to increasing differences in wealth. tax policy can help. it is progressive taxes. taken help close the gaps. fundamentally, i need to have opportunity. it requires them to have the education and skills. >> thank you. i want to follow up on a line of questioning. when i talk to ceos, this is a great concern, when i believe has economic growth. i will cut today while i was putting on my tie. he stated his number one concern was the national debt. a year
can you elaborate on why inequality is bad for america? it exacerbated and equality. >> it is part of the american ideal that everyone has opportunities to advance themselves economically. i take it as self evident that it will be one that it is not as broadly spread as it should be. from people will suffer deprivation. i hope we could move toward a more equal society. my own view is that education has a lot to do with it. public and private schools has a great deal of variation and...
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this will give us a far more attractive system than france, america or germany. i want britain to be the place international businesses go to, not the place that they leave. but today i wanted even more. so i can announce that from april this year, corporation tax will be reduced not just by the 1% my previous announce but by 2%. and it will continue to fall by 1% in each of the following three years taking on corporate tax rate right down to 23%. 16% lower than america, 11% lower than france, 7% lower than germany, the lowest corporation tax in the g7. let it be heard clearly around the world, from shanghai to seattle, britain is open for business. [shouting] >> and to ensure, and to ensure that this is not a net tax cut for banks. i am adjusting the bank levy rate next year to offset its affect. [shouting] >> in each -- mr. deputy speaker, in each and every year of this parliament, our permanent bank levy raises more in any one year of the last parliament bank taxes. the most competitive access and energy 20 is the first of our economic ambitions. the second is
this will give us a far more attractive system than france, america or germany. i want britain to be the place international businesses go to, not the place that they leave. but today i wanted even more. so i can announce that from april this year, corporation tax will be reduced not just by the 1% my previous announce but by 2%. and it will continue to fall by 1% in each of the following three years taking on corporate tax rate right down to 23%. 16% lower than america, 11% lower than france,...
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the question is, will america be the america that it's always been? we do not get our authority by might. we get it by the way we treat each other. and so these folks are going through some difficult times, these are the same people that this loan program is about, these are the same people that showed up time after time, sitting in the front row of something i call my foreclosure prevention program, with tears runni down their faces. many of them have never missed a mortgage payment, have worked hard every day and have done everything that was required of them. these are our american neighbors, they are the american neighbors that sit in ohio, they're the ones who are in california and new york. those are our neighbors and they are in a time of need and we're talking about a $1 billion program to try to help people as they're struggling, trying to get up after an economy, by the way, where regulation failed them. they find themselves in these difficulties, in many instances, buzz people were not regulating -- because people were not regulatingroperly
the question is, will america be the america that it's always been? we do not get our authority by might. we get it by the way we treat each other. and so these folks are going through some difficult times, these are the same people that this loan program is about, these are the same people that showed up time after time, sitting in the front row of something i call my foreclosure prevention program, with tears runni down their faces. many of them have never missed a mortgage payment, have...
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first, coming out of this recession making america's workforce stronger for the future, helping small businesses create jobs and investing in department's fiscal year 2012 proposal. live coverage here on c-span3. >> we'll come to order. the committee is meeting to hear testimony from secretary janet thnapolitano relating to the 20 security for homeland security. i would advise the secretary's office notified us in advance that she has a commitment to be at the white house and must leave the hearing before noon and in fairness to the secretary, she has rearranged her schedule to be here today because we had to cancel out two weeks ago when we had the whole series of votes. secretary, thank you for being here and we'll certainly have the hearing done in time for you to be at the white house. today's hearing is, as i said, to address the president's budget for 2012 and in a time of budget restraint and cuts to be made and actually commend the secretary for putting forth the budget that i believe while obviously we have certain disagreements with it is very much on target and trying to ac
first, coming out of this recession making america's workforce stronger for the future, helping small businesses create jobs and investing in department's fiscal year 2012 proposal. live coverage here on c-span3. >> we'll come to order. the committee is meeting to hear testimony from secretary janet thnapolitano relating to the 20 security for homeland security. i would advise the secretary's office notified us in advance that she has a commitment to be at the white house and must leave...
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to being fearful about the future of america. and in that regard, there was somebody who can help us get us back on the right track. >> sarah palin. >> very popular, tells it like it is, and she inspires a lot of people. >> humans and radio a couple times. you were on the radio when and how long? >> i was on the radio for five years. two years doing a weekend show, at the herman cain show. and three years, up until most recently, five nights a week out of atlanta, georgia. >> and what is the hermanator? >> that is in a name that was given to me by members of the restaurant association when i was the chairman of the board back in the early 1990's when we were fighting hillarycare. as an officer of the national restaurant association, i became one of the primary spokespersons against hillarycare. so a gentlemen by the name of larry mccarthy of this to develop some of the commercials that we used to tell people the truth about this to wake people up. he tells the story of one night he was watching tv and the commercial that he had d
to being fearful about the future of america. and in that regard, there was somebody who can help us get us back on the right track. >> sarah palin. >> very popular, tells it like it is, and she inspires a lot of people. >> humans and radio a couple times. you were on the radio when and how long? >> i was on the radio for five years. two years doing a weekend show, at the herman cain show. and three years, up until most recently, five nights a week out of atlanta,...
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that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming months to meet this challenge and to renew our commitment to our children and their future by building the education system they desperately need and deserve. thank you so much. i'm now happy to take your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. thanks again for being with us as ranking member said for the fourth time. thanks again for your willingness to work with us in a bipartisan way. and thanks for your testimony. i was pleased to see in your budget elimination of some 13 programs. that's sort of a baby step in the right directi
that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming...
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comptroller general david walker has a report on america's fiscal management. then political strategists maria cardona and john feehery and u.s. ambassador to morocco, marc ginsberg. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up on c-span, morocco's foreign minister. foreign policy analysts argue for negotiating a peace treaty with the taliban in afghanistan. and britain's government presents its annual budget. thursday night, a look at education reform with michelle rhe and sacramento mayor and former nba player kevin johnson. they will discuss academic disparities between american children of different races and districts in country and why they hit the has worsened despite a doublinging of spending over the years. >> we all have to do our part. there are far too many kids that are lang witching in schools that are not doing well 3789 there are also kids that live in nice neighborhoods. >> i concur with him. >> you know, we are in a position right now in this country where if you were to tell me the zip code that a child lives in, and
comptroller general david walker has a report on america's fiscal management. then political strategists maria cardona and john feehery and u.s. ambassador to morocco, marc ginsberg. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up on c-span, morocco's foreign minister. foreign policy analysts argue for negotiating a peace treaty with the taliban in afghanistan. and britain's government presents its annual budget. thursday night, a look at education reform with...
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the author of nine books of which the most recent, "the new road to serfdom a letter of warning to america," here it is right here, if you want to go home with a copy of it signed by the way, you can pick it up right back there. "the new york times" best seller. daniel blogs everyday at www.hannan.co.uk at nursing political and cultural issues. his blog attracts 200,000 hits a week from 80,000 unique users. we are very fortunate to have him with us today. please welcome the member of the european parliament, daniel hannan. [applause] >> think you very much for those generous words and the ladies and gentlemen i tell you it isn't something we are accustomed to as members of the year appeal of parliament. [laughter] we are generally not the most popular people. you don't have to contradict when i say that. i got used to it over the years. maybe it has something to do with the fact that none of you can vote for me. [laughter] you won't find a politician in the united kingdom who is a bigger fan of jeffersonian democracy than me but i suspect in your third president occasionally enjoy being ab
the author of nine books of which the most recent, "the new road to serfdom a letter of warning to america," here it is right here, if you want to go home with a copy of it signed by the way, you can pick it up right back there. "the new york times" best seller. daniel blogs everyday at www.hannan.co.uk at nursing political and cultural issues. his blog attracts 200,000 hits a week from 80,000 unique users. we are very fortunate to have him with us today. please welcome the...
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there's the middle east and north africa come sub-saharan africa, the americas, asia, eastern europe, nordic europe and western europe. here is what we sought to learn as we were conducting different interviews. we want the extent to which the women have entered the media work force. we want to know what the women's status is in the companies they work, not just whether they are working their but with their actual positions are and the amount of power and control they have. what women's compensation is compared to their male counterparts and this is one of the key findings of the report and one that is worth all of you reading. we want to know the terms under which all of the women in the news media organizations are employed and we wanted to know the extent to which companies have adopted pro ecology policies, specifically gone out there to try to address gender imbalances. the up some of the report is that we have a long way to go. we've come further than my mother's era of 1970 but we'd do still have a long way to go. the study found 73% of the top management jobs in the countries
there's the middle east and north africa come sub-saharan africa, the americas, asia, eastern europe, nordic europe and western europe. here is what we sought to learn as we were conducting different interviews. we want the extent to which the women have entered the media work force. we want to know what the women's status is in the companies they work, not just whether they are working their but with their actual positions are and the amount of power and control they have. what women's...
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he calls himself america's personal trainer. he has helped others discover the incredible power of change. but tony little and his wife had a very personal challenge to face. amy robach has details. >> come on. check this out. more, more, more. >> reporter: with his trademark toponytaitonponytail and energye has sold close to $4 billion worth of product. >> how about butt squeeze? i see you what to touch. not this show. >> reporter: a geyser of positi positivety, he's carved out a nice, fat slice of the american dream. >> obviously i love antiques. it's not a huge -- >> not obvious to us. >> reporter: little met his hard-driving fitness model wife, melissa, on the set of the home shopping network. >> i proposed. >> she propolesed. >> i've known i wanted a family, but i knew it had to be with the right man. >> reporter: emergency quickly led to pregnancy. but tonymelissa's world flipped upside down when their twins came into the world three months earlier. >> it was hard because you couldn't touch them. it was a long time. i don'
he calls himself america's personal trainer. he has helped others discover the incredible power of change. but tony little and his wife had a very personal challenge to face. amy robach has details. >> come on. check this out. more, more, more. >> reporter: with his trademark toponytaitonponytail and energye has sold close to $4 billion worth of product. >> how about butt squeeze? i see you what to touch. not this show. >> reporter: a geyser of positi positivety, he's...
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my questions really relate to concerns reflected in polling in america. "washington post" said this week in a poll that 2/3 of americans now say that the war in afghanistan is not worth fighting. and i think part of the problem is not that it isn't worth fighting because i do believe it is. but i'd like to give you an opportunity, general, in particular, to state the reasons why you believe it's worth fighting. but also because frankly above your pay grade there have been mixed messages about timetables or drawing down troops and about what our objectives in aven afghanistan should be. so general, we all know that public opinion is very important, that the american people have to remain behind our military and we've seen the consequences when that doesn't happen. but would you please articulate the reasons why it is the fighting in afghanistan and the service of our men and women in uniform is worth fighting? >> again, you come back to two words and those are 9/11. those attacks on 9/11 were planned in afghanistan by al qaeda when it enjoyed a major sanct
my questions really relate to concerns reflected in polling in america. "washington post" said this week in a poll that 2/3 of americans now say that the war in afghanistan is not worth fighting. and i think part of the problem is not that it isn't worth fighting because i do believe it is. but i'd like to give you an opportunity, general, in particular, to state the reasons why you believe it's worth fighting. but also because frankly above your pay grade there have been mixed...